Several reports of 'flying objects'
TEHRAN, Iran - The United States has been flying spy drones over Iran's nuclear sites, Intelligence Minister Ali Yunesi said today, re...
U.S. has refused to ratify accord
KYOTO, Japan - The Kyoto global warming pact went into force today, seven years after it was negotiated, imposing limits on emissions of...
Army chief leaves before withdrawal
JERUSALEM - Israel's hardline defense minister unexpectedly cut short the term of his outspoken army chief, with a new commander to ta...
About 100,000 attend funeral
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Screaming and weeping Lebanese clambered around an ambulance carrying the body of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri as hun...
Lebanon mourns slain former leader
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanon plunged into deep mourning and put its army on alert against violence today, a day after a massive bomb kille...
SHENYANG, China - Rescue crews were searching today for coal miners missing nearly 800 feet underground after a gas explosion in China's northeast killed 203 people in t...
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a billionaire who helped rebuild his country after decades of war but had recently moved to the opposition after a ...
DNA tests reunite tsunami tot, couple
KALMUNAI, Sri Lanka - DNA test results confirm that a baby boy rescued from tsunami debris in Sri Lanka and dubbed "Baby 81" belongs...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - The Israeli military was delivering the bodies of 15 militants to the Palestinians for burial today, a day after Israel's Cabinet approved the na...
Coalition with Kurds predicted
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Talks on who would get what in Iraq's newly-elected National Assembly were under way even before the final results came in,...
